Oscar Grant’s Death – Cause and Date

The Oscar Grant died at the age of 22. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

American man who’s shooting death at the hands of a BART police officer on New Year’s Day 2009 was caught on video, leading to a series of protests about police violence in Oakland, California. The story became the basis of Ryan Coogler’s 2013 film Fruitvale Station.

Gray was survived by his daughter, Tatiana. His mother and daughter sued BART for $50 million before settling for just under $3 million.

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“At the time when I was in college, Oscar Grant had just lost his life in Oakland, Calif. He was an unarmed young black male who had a record. And at the time when his death was making headlines, more people were talking about what he had done in his past than the fact that he unjustly lost his life.” (Angie Thomas)